Introduction: Ideology, Propaganda, and Political Discourse in the Xi Jinping Era

0492511 - OÚ 2019 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Klimeš, Ondřej - Marinelli, M.
Introduction: Ideology, Propaganda, and Political Discourse in the Xi Jinping Era.
Journal of Chinese Political Science. Roč. 23, č. 3 (2018), s. 313-322. ISSN 1080-6954. E-ISSN 1874-6357
Institutional support: RVO:68378009
Keywords : China * Communist Party of China * Xi Jinping * Ideology * Propaganda * Political discourse
OECD category: Political science
Impact factor: 0.774, year: 2018
Method of publishing: Open access

The ideology, propaganda, and political discourse of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have continued to function as key elements of the political system of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the post-Maoist period since 1978. In the first term of the Xi Jinping leadership (2012-2017), the CPC, for instance, elaborated on its guiding ideological concepts, devised inventive ideational framings of phenomena usually perceived as tangible (such as the “New Normal”), engaged in complex intellectual debates on crucial topics (such as “eco-civilization”), intensified and diversified its argumentation patterns and discursive strategies, and consolidated ideational governance over some citizens' individual values, beliefs, and loyalties. Furthermore, it is often no longer possible to differentiate between the CPC's internal and external propaganda, as seemingly exclusively domestic ideational and discursive issues increasingly correlate with international phenomena. However, the trends in the Xi era do not present paradigmatic shifts, but rather an overall reassertion-cum-innovation of previous Maoist and post-Maoist uses of ideology, propaganda, and political discourse, primarily aiming at strengthening one-party rule.
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